Jassy

[ yah-see; Romanian yahsh ]

/ ˈyɑ si; Romanian yɑʃ /

noun

a city in NE Romania.

Also Yassy.

Romanian Iaşi.

Moldavia

[ mol-dey-vee-uh, -vyuh ]

/ mɒlˈdeɪ vi ə, -vyə /

noun

a region in NE Romania: formerly a principality that united with Wallachia to form Romania. Capital: Jassy.

Official name Moldova. Formerly Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic. a republic in SE Europe: formed in 1940 from the former republic of Moldavia and the ceded Romanian territory of Bessarabia. 13,100 sq. mi. (33,929 sq. km). Capital: Kishinev.

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Examples from the Web for jassy

They paraded in the main streets of Jassy daily between 11 and 12.
Current History, Vol. VIII, No. 3, June 1918|Various
Kammerman seized on the incident as a way of escape from criticising Jassy's trio.
Elkan Lubliner, American|Montague Glass
Hypsilanti crossed the Pruth next day, and appeared at Jassy with a few hundred followers.
History of Modern Europe 1972-1878|C. A. Fyffe
Meanwhile the patriotic parties rallied round the ministry at Jassy and formed a Coalition Government.
A Short History of the Great War|A. F. Pollard

Notwithstanding this, the Russian army crossed the Pruth, and pitched their camp near Jassy.
Roumania Past and Present|James Samuelson

British Dictionary definitions for jassy

Jassy

/ (ˈjasi) /

noun

the German name for Iaşi

Moldavia

/ (mɒlˈdeɪvɪə) /

noun

another name for Moldova

a former principality of E Europe, consisting of the basins of the Rivers Prut and Dniester: the E part (Bessarabia) became Moldova; the W part remains a province of Romania

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Word Origin and History for jassy

Moldavia

Latinized form of Moldova.